Instruments for estimation of health-related quality of life in patients with skull base neoplasms

Skull Base

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-10

  Witgert, Mariana E ^a   Veramonti, Tracy ^a   Hanna, Ehab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Skull base tumor

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDITY;

EID: 76149093230     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1242978     Document Type: Review

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